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FPA chairman extends term

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Financial Planning Association of Australia chairman, Matthew Rowe, has extended his term until November 2014. Rowe cited the "job left to do" in raising the professional bar on behalf of Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) members and ...

IOOF awards OC $50m mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Melbourne based boutique manager OC Funds Management has been awarded a $50 million small to mid-cap Australian equities multi-mix mandate from IOOF. Robert Frost, head of investments at OC Funds Management (OC), said the mandate was acknowledgement ...

Clime added to Macquarie Wrap platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Clime Investment Management's Clime Australia Growth Value Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. The Clime Australian Value Growth Fund is an equity fund designed to provide investors consistent capital growth and a growing level of income ...

BlackRock to buy private equity business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
US investment manager BlackRock will acquire Swiss Re's European private equity and infrastructure fund of funds franchise, Private Equity Partners. The sale of Swiss Re's US$7.5bn unit is expected to be completed by the end of Q3, according to a statement ...

CFSGAM boosts responsible investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has augmented its responsible investment team with two appointments. Pablo Berrutti, ex-head of responsible investment at Perpetual will take the newly created role of head of responsible investment ...

StatewideSuper, Local Super complete merger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
StatewideSuper and Local Super have merged, creating a $4bn superannuation fund, based in South Australia and the Northern Territory. The merger was enabled by planned federal government capital gains tax relief measures, said Pauline Vamos, Association ...

AMP SMSF recruits Super Concept's Jameson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
Former Super Concepts managing director Craig Jameson has signed with AMP's newly formed business unit, AMP SMSF. Jameson will take the title of director business operations and be responsible for setting up AMP SMSF's business operations, including ...

AMG completes investment in Yacktman

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
Affiliated Managers Group today announced the completion of its investment in Yacktman Asset Management. Yacktman serves a number of institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals through separately managed accounts and sub-advisory mandates. ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
Yeah, yeah& tell that to the marines! This was a saying I picked up in high school when I was doing my compulsory military service. The marines don't believe anything, they don't ask why, they simply do or die. This quip came to mind as I surf cyberspace ...

China approves cross-border ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
China has approved mutual listings of exchange traded funds on Hong Kong and mainland exchanges. The Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) made the announcement on Friday saying the move was part of China's plans to boost financial exchange ...